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One of my favorite inner monologues i’ve read in a long time. Eleanore’s narration captured the strange and slightly pitiful mood of ‘a lonely/socially inept person getting excited and worked up by even the most minimal attention and interactions’ that I related to in an uncomfortable but very genuine way.
Some of the other characters like the Dudleys and the Montagues were underwritten, and I never knew what Theo or Luke wanted from the house, but luckily Eleanore’s writing really was strong enough to carry everything else.
Parents are scary.

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4.0

A good Spooktober read: atmospheric, spooky, dark and quite sad, this is well worth reading!

The characters were very well done as was the setting. The story pace was perfect. There was some pretty frightening imagery coupled with tamer parts of the story to keep the reader from being terrified to continue reading; I think this was the tack behind introducing Arthur and the doctor’s wife, as they were two horrible characters that really changed the atmosphere from spooky to stupid!

I will read more stories from this author!

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is still my favourite book. It's the kind of haunting that is enchanting, that you can't turn away from, that you piece together more of with each reread. I never tire of how gentle all of the characters are and how that makes what happens all the more sad. Brilliant, as always.